Ottawa Stakes News

An impressive Group 1 win across the Tasman over the weekend has the Te Akau Racing stable confident ahead of a 2017 Caulfield Cup bid back down under with the autumn’s Rosehill Guineas winner Gingernuts. The now four-year-old son of Iffraaj resumed at Hastings on September running fifth to Close Up in the Group 1…

The 2016 Ottawa Stakes will run on Melbourne Cup Day alongside the race that stops a nation.

Run under set weights plus penalties conditions, the Ottawa Stakes is restricted to two year old fillies. It is run over a brief sprinter’s distance of 1000m and pays $150,000 prize money.

The Ottawa Stakes shares a race program with the $6.2 million Melbourne Cup, the Group 3 Maybe Mahal Stakes, Listed Melbourne Cup Day Plate, Listed Desirable Stakes and Listed Always Welcome Stakes.

The listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes is worth watching as a lead up race to the Ottawa Stakes. The listed Gimcrack Stakes at Randwick is a similar event as well. There are very few accurate lead up races, so it’s important to do plenty of form study on the young fillies.

2016 Ottawa Stakes Field

The Ottawa Stakes field usually attracts some very promising two year olds. As a newly awarded Group 3 event on one of the biggest days of racing on the calendar, trainers tend to target the Ottawa Stakes field with their best young fillies.

The 2016 Ottawa Stakes field will be published here.

No

Last 10

Horse

Trainer

Jockey

Barrier

Weight

1

1

MADEENATY

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

Mark Zahra

3

55.5kg

2

1

TIME AWAITS

Tony McEvoy

Luke Currie

16

55.5kg

3

3

LUCKY LOUIE

Anthony Cummings

Glyn Schofield

18

55.5kg

4

2

TARIMA

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

Regan Bayliss (a)

14

55.5kg

5

3

MARGOT

Robert Smerdon

Craig Williams

2

55.5kg

6

7

NEW BLESSING

Erin Maher

Ben Allen (a)

9

55.5kg

7

–

ARCTIC ANGEL

Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra

Chris Symons

20

55.5kg

8

–

BALLE D’OR

Robert Smerdon

Dwayne Dunn

6

55.5kg

9

–

CARUSMATIC

Shane Nichols

Alan Creighton

7

55.5kg

10

–

FROM THE CLOUDS

Matt Laurie

Ben Melham

8

55.5kg

11

–

HARD FAITH

John McArdle

Daniel Stackhouse

1

55.5kg

12

–

PURELY ROYAL

Robbie Griffiths

Jye McNeil (a)

4

55.5kg

13

–

SEDUCE ME NOW

Sam Pritchard-Gordon

Chris Parnham

5

55.5kg

14

–

STRAVIERA

Henry Dwyer

Damien Oliver

12

55.5kg

15

–

SUPER SNOB

Peter Morgan & Craig Widdison

Luke Nolen

10

55.5kg

16

–

WIRED

Robbie Laing

Dean Yendall

11

55.5kg

17e

–

SHE KEEPS NOSECRET

Jason Warren

Stephen Baster

19

55.5kg

18e

–

INVINCIBLE STAR

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott

Joao Moreira

17

55.5kg

19e

–

BROADBAND

Phillip Stokes

Dom Tourneur

13

55.5kg

20e

–

WOMAN IN RED

Grahame Begg

15

55.5kg

2016 Ottawa Stakes Nominations

The Ottawa Stakes nominations attract two year old fillies from around Australia, with the majority usually hailing from Melbourne stables. One of the most lucrative and prestigious events for two year olds during the spring, the Ottawa Stakes nominations get a lot of attention and often provide a good indication of the rising crop of three year olds.

The 2016 Ottawa Stakes nominations will be provided here.

Ottawa Stakes History

The Ottawa Stakes was inaugurated in 1978 and two editions of the race were held that year. The next year it was made a listed race, whereas previously it had ran as a principal event.

The Ottawa Stakes was not run between 1986 and 1990. Following its return, it was regularly sponsored, with the sponsor often changing yearly. Some of the various names that the Ottawa Stakes has been known by include the Beck’s Bier Stakes, Toyota Victoria Stakes, Subaru Stakes, Myer Stakes, Jayco Stakes, Schiavello Stakes and 7News Plate.

Following the 2013 edition, the Ottawa Stakes was upgraded to Group 3.